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Bill Cummings
MassachusettsReal EstateGiving Pledge
A
82.7
PBS
~$1.0B
Profile Summary
Bill Cummings, born in 1937, is a Massachusetts real estate billionaire with an estimated net worth of ~$1.0B RTB. He is identified in The Giving Pledge as a signatory Wikidata, and the available data ties his wealth to real estate through Cummings-related business and foundation activity NewsAPI.
Business & SEC Activity
Cummings is associated with real estate in Massachusetts Wikidata. News coverage in the data references Cummings Properties and a foundation distribution, indicating an active Cummings-linked business and charitable structure NewsAPI GDELT.
Philanthropy
Cummings Foundation Inc. in Woburn, Massachusetts reported $132,662,864 in grants paid in tax year 2023 and $2,078,986,279 in total assets ProPublica 990. Across the foundation records provided, total grants paid were $132,970,799 and total foundation assets were $2,079,021,024 ProPublica 990. A separate Cummings Africa Foundation reported $307,935 in grants paid in 2022 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
In the FEC data provided, there were 100 contributions totaling $2,043.80 between 2025-01-31 and 2025-12-27 FEC. The largest recipients were ACTBLUE, WINRED, JON OSSOFF FOR SENATE, DCCC, and WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE, and the party breakdown shows $157.50 to DEM and $1,886.30 to Unknown FEC.
In the News
Recent coverage in the data mentions Cummings Properties' Foundation giving away $10 million GDELT. Other articles reference Landers Superstore events, but the provided data does not connect those stories directly to Bill Cummings NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
residenceWinchester, Massachusetts
Philanthropy
$2.1BFoundation Assets
$133.0MGrants Paid
3Foundations
Cummings FoundationHouston, TX
Education (IRS NTEE B99)
Assets: $0Revenue: $0Grants: $0
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit ExplorerCummings Foundation IncWoburn, MA
Private operating foundation (IRS NTEE T23)
Assets: $2.1BRevenue: $297.5MGrants: $132.7MTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit ExplorerCummings Africa FoundationAtlanta, GA
Food, agriculture & nutrition (IRS NTEE K31)
Assets: $35KRevenue: $332KGrants: $308KTax Year: 2022
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit ExplorerPolitical Contributions
$2KTotal Contributed
100Contributions
2025–2025Date Range
By Party
Top Recipients
ACTBLUE$2K
WINRED$129.05
JON OSSOFF FOR SENATE$120
DCCC$25
WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE$12.5
Recent News
12Total Articles
God Is In The TVTop Source
PositiveAvg. Sentiment
Score Breakdown
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82.7
Public Benefit Score
The PBS is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.
Philanthropy65% weight
Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).
Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry
Transparency35% weight
How much sourced, public accountability data exists — net worth, political contributions, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, and a verified profile. More public disclosure scores higher.
Data: FEC, SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): PBS = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Transparency
Scored on 6/23/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.
All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source.